"In Defense Of Printf"

[HobbyProggy]

I see why most c programs can easily be hacked :P

if(this.signature != "") { MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature); } else { MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found"); }

[Gary Wheeler]

"If you can't take a little bloody nose, maybe you ought to go back home and crawl under your bed. It's not safe out here. It's wondrous, with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross. But it's not for the timid.[^]" Q uses printf().

Software Zen: delete this;

[Nelek]

HobbyProggy wrote:

I see why most c programs can easily be hacked

I would say, that is not a very valid argument. Any program can be easily hacked if the programer doesn't take the needed counter messures

M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

[HobbyProggy]

That is correct, but i think it's an addition to my comment not a rework :)

if(this.signature != "") { MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature); } else { MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found"); }

[CafedeJamaica]

Yo mama so fat she uses printf

[Slacker007]

I don't always printf but when I do I print "f"

[PhilLenoir]

I'm not so sure - ever tried hacking Ada? You have to break Ada to make it hackable (With unchecked_conversion)!

Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.

[Simon ORiordan from UK]

I remember Ada. She used to make a nice cheese and tomato sandwich.

[PhilLenoir]

... and a luvverly cuppa

Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.

[PIEBALDconsult]

Which is a subset of C++.

[glennPattonPub]

Ada Hacked!? I had enough trouble getting to compile :wtf:

[PhilLenoir]

All that rigour comes at an expense! ;)

Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.

[Simon ORiordan from UK]

Well, sure. But if some geezer is going to go on a MS site and waffle about printf he needs to be accurate. Incidentally, gcc natively does c. Typically I've had to add g++ for c++, so they are distinct.